Editing Hunter Knife

[[File:Destiny-HunterCombatKnife-Side.png|thumb|310px|The Hunter's combat knife.]]
{{quote|Firearms are more than enough for a [[Warlock]] to carry into battle. Knives always seemed extraneous to me until I saw what a Hunter could do with them. Everything has its place.|[[Ikora Rey]]}}

The '''Hunter Knife''' is a multipurpose combat knife utilized by [[Guardian]]s of the [[Hunter]] class.

==Overview==
Hunters use their knife as a utilitarian [[Melee]] weapon, designed to ensure versatility in close-quarters combat. Hunters are capable of using the knife to silently eliminate their targets.<ref name= "Destiny Drawing Board">[http://www.bungie.net/7_Destiny-Drawing-Board-The-Hunters-Knife/en/News/News?aid=11269 '''Bungie''': ''Destiny Drawing Board: The Hunter's Knife'']</ref> In addition, most Hunter subclasses channel their powers by infusing it in their knife.

In the [[Gunslinger]] subclass, the knife doubles as a throwing knife. Gunslingers carry a large supply of knives, which they charge with [[Solar]] energy to cause burns, explosions, or just massive damage to the targets they throw them at. Their [[Blade Barrage]] [[Super]] throws several of these charged knives at the same time. 

In the [[Bladedancer]] subclass, the [[Arc Blade]] Super infuses the knife with [[Arc]] energy to massively extend its blade, damage and reach.

[[Nightstalker]]s mostly use smoke bombs and bows, but pull out two knives infused with [[Void]] for their [[Spectral Blades]] Super.

[[Arcstrider]]s mostly fight with their fists of a charged staff, but their [[Storm's Edge]] Super employs a knife as a focus for teleportation.

[[Threadrunner]]s latch their [[Strand]] power to their knives, turning them into a ''Threaded Spike'' they can throw across enemies with the melee or wield as a rope dart with the [[Silkstrike]] Super.

== Trivia ==
*Early in the development of ''[[Destiny]]'', it is possible that the knife would be the standard melee weapon for all classes as footage from the E3 2013 gameplay reveal depicted a [[Warlock]] wielding the weapon.<ref name="E3 2013 Demo">[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXTXPe7JIUk '''E3 2013 Destiny Gameplay Demo''']</ref> This may have been a placeholder though, as starting with the Alpha, Warlocks and Titans get their own melee attacks in the form of Palm and Punch, respectively.
*The blade of the knife bears the insignia of the Hunter class.
*In ''[[Destiny 2]]'', the knife is used by all Hunter subclasses except the [[Arcstrider]] and [[Revenant]]. The player instead uses their own fist to melee, similarly to Titans.

== Gallery ==
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<gallery>
File:Destiny Hunters Knife.jpg|Reference chart of the Hunter's knife.
File:Hunter knife desktop.jpg|Desktop wallpaper depicting the Hunter's knife.
File:Hunter knife concept 1.jpg|Concept art of the knife.
File:Hunter knife model 1.jpg|In-game render of the knife.
File:Hunter knife POV 1.jpg|First-person point-of-view of the knife.
File:Hunter knife render 1.jpg|Another render of the knife, with a string attached.
File:Space magic desktop.jpg|A Hunter charges their knife with the [[Traveler|Traveler's]] energy for a [[Supers|super]] attack.
File:Destiny E3 2013 Demo, Mai stabs.jpeg|Early gameplay footage of a Warlock with the knife.
File:Destiny-CombatKnife-FPV-HUD.jpg|Early gameplay screenshot of the knife in use.
File:Destiny-HunterThrowingKnife.jpg|The Hunter's throwing knife.
</gallery>

==List of appearances==
*''[[Destiny]]'' {{1st}}
*''[[Destiny 2]]''

== References ==
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[[Category:Melee weapons]]
[[Category:Weapons]]